At 07:13 PM 1/29/99 -0800, you wrote:
>There is an ebay auction with two what look to be Altairs, but the second
>does not have the MITS "title bar" at the bottom. I thought this was
>discussed earlier but I can't find it. Were the early kits, machines, or
>??? supplied without the strip, or did someone build it and just not attach
>that trip?
Some kits were not supplied with the "title bar". I have one that was.
I don't know if any of the "factory-built" machines came without them or
not but I suspect so since many of the "factory-built" ones were actually
put together in the back rooms of the computer dealers since the wait was
so long for real factory built ones. If the serial number ends with a K
then it was build from a kit.
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=60303160
>
>Is there a way to date when an Altair was made if the serial number is
>missing or was not applied (type of motherboard, or other parts)?
>
>Did all the early Altairs have the crude 4 S-100 socket boards, or did they
>make some that were more than 4 sockets?
No the later A models came with 10 (I think) socket MBs.
Joe
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Received on Sat Jan 30 1999 - 08:48:22 GMT